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A. T. SOULE.

Hay Rack.

' Patented July'21, 1868.

ASA T. SOULE, OF SAVANNAH; NEW YORK.

Letters-Patent No. 80,095, dated July 21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-RACK.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY'CONGERN:

Be it known that I, ASA T. SOULE, of Savannah, in the county of Wayne,and State ofLNeW York, have invented a. new and useful Improvement inHay-Racks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in theart to make and use the same, reference, being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aside view of my invention, and v Figure 2 is a cross-section of thesame, taken in theline y y in fig; 1.

Figure 3 shows a part of the device in use for other purposes.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts. This invention relatesto certain new and useful improvements in hay-wagon racks, whereby acheap, simple,

and convenient construction is obtained.

I constructmy hay-rack with straight beams or cross-pieces B B, and usethem in connection-with the ordinary wagon-box A. By using the rack inconnection with the regular wagon-box, the rackis raised so high thatthe cross-pieces B can be made of straight pieces of wood, andno hoops,boxes, or similar devices are required to keep the load clear of thewagon-wheels, and no bed-frame for the rack is'necessary, consequentlymaking the construction very simple and cheap.

The rack is secured to the wagon-box by curved fingers c a, at the twoforward beams 13, and straight fingers or pins 0, at the rear beam, allthe fingers engaging with eye-bolts d, on the outside of the box. Themethod of securing the rack to thebox is to first introduce the bentfinger 0 into their eye-bolts, and then spring up the rear end of therack, so that the pins a can be dropped into the rear eye-bolts, andtherack is then looked fast in its position, as it can be removed only bybending thc wooden' stringer-pieces b, so that the pins 0' are firstdisengaged, to allow the curved fingers c to 'be drawn outby ahorizontal movement of the rack to the rear. The two forward pairs ofeye-bolts cl are attached to the wagon-box in such 'manner as to beturned to lie horizontally, to aid in converting the wagon-box intoaboxfor drawing grain, by attaching an extra rim, a, as shown in fig. 3.The ladder E is secured to the box by providing each of its legs c witha short pin or projection,f, (fig. 2,) to engage with a correspondinghole crreces's on the inside of the box. To attach the ladder to thebox, its legs e e are compressed toward each'othcr, until the pins f arebrought opposite to the holes in the box, and the compressing force thenbeing removed, thelegs c e spring out andhold the pin sf engaged withthe holes in box A. I 1

By this construction f answering that purpose, and the beams aie made-ofstraigl ones in conjunction with hoops or covers for the wheels. alsohandy and cheap.

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isr p Thecrooked bolts 0 e and pins 0, in connection with the eye-bolts d,. boxA, and rack B b, substantially as and for the purpose described;

of frame, it is cheaper, for the reason that no bed-frame isrequ'ired,the wagon-box it pieces, and cost less than crooked ones or straight Andthe method of securing the parts together is The above specification ofmy invention signed by me, this 26th day of March, 1868.

ASA T. SOULE.

G. L. ll/IILLER,

